'turn up' definitions:
Definition of 'turn up'
(from WordNet)
verb
Appear or become visible; make a showing; "She turned up at the funeral"; "I hope the list key is going to surface again" [syn: come on, come out, turn up, surface, show up]
verb
Bend or lay so that one part covers the other; "fold up the newspaper"; "turn up your collar" [syn: fold, fold up, turn up] [ant: open, spread, spread out, unfold]
verb
Discover the location of; determine the place of; find by searching or examining; "Can you locate your cousins in the Midwest?"; "My search turned up nothing" [syn: locate, turn up]
verb
Be shown or be found to be; "She proved to be right"; "The medicine turned out to save her life"; "She turned up HIV positive" [syn: prove, turn out, turn up]
verb
Synonyms of 'turn up'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- abandon,
- accomplish,
- achieve,
- appear,
- appear unexpectedly,
- approach,
- arise,
- arrive,
- arrive at,
- arrive in,
- assister,
- attain,
- attain to,
- attend,
- be at,
- be found,
- be present at,
- be received,
- be unexpected,
- bechance,
- become manifest,
- become visible,
- befall,
- betide,
- betray itself,
- blow in,
- bob up,
- bring to light,
- catch,
- cede,
- chance,
- check in,
- clock in,
- cock up,
- come,
- come across,
- come along,
- come forth,
- come forward,
- come in,
- come in sight,
- come into being,
- come into existence,
- come on,
- come out,
- come to,
- come to hand,
- come to light,
- come unawares,
- come upon,
- creep up on,
- crop out,
- crop up,
- descry,
- detect,
- dig up,
- disclose,
- discover itself,
- disinter,
- do,
- draw on,
- emerge,
- encounter,
- enter,
- espy,
- excavate,
- exhume,
- expose,
- fade in,
- fall upon,
- ferret out,
- fetch,
- fetch up at,
- find,
- fish up,
- flash upon one,
- gain,
- get in,
- get there,
- get to,
- give up,
- go to,
- hand,
- hang out,
- hap,
- happen,
- happen along,
- happen by chance,
- hazard,
- heave in sight,
- hit,
- hit town,
- issue,
- issue forth,
- look forth,
- look on,
- loom,
- make,
- make it,
- materialize,
- meet with,
- outcrop,
- peep out,
- pop up,
- pounce upon,
- present itself,
- pull in,
- punch in,
- reach,
- rear its head,
- reveal,
- ring in,
- rise,
- roll in,
- root up,
- see,
- see the light,
- show,
- show up,
- sign in,
- sit in,
- slope up,
- spot,
- spring up,
- stream forth,
- strike the eye,
- take in,
- time in,
- track down,
- trend upwards,
- uncover,
- unearth,
- upbend,
- upcast,
- upcurve,
- upsweep,
- upturn,
- visit,
- watch,
- witness,
- worm out
Words containing 'turn up'
- By turns,
- In turn,
- To a turn,
- To be turned of,
- To turn about,
- To turn again,
- To turn against,
- To turn down,
- To turn in,
- To turn into,
- To turn off,
- To turn on,
- To turn out,
- To turn over,
- To turn to,
- To turn under,
- To turn up,
- Turn,
- Turn and turn about,
- Turned,
- Turning,
- about turn,
- turn about,
- turn down,
- turn in,
- turn into,
- turn off,
- turn on,
- turn out,
- turn over,
- turn to,
- turned off,
- turned on,
- turned out,
- turned up,
- By-turning,
- Engine turning,
- Flange turning,
- Good turn,
- Ill turn,
- Quarter turn,
- Round turn,
- Sea turn,
- Series turns,
- Table turning,
- To take turns,
- To turn a corner,
- To turn a flange,
- To turn a penny,
- To turn adrift,
- To turn aside,
- To turn away,
- To turn back,
- To turn head,
- To turn in the mind,
- To turn round,
- To turn tail,
- To turn the back,
- To turn the back on,
- To turn the balance,
- To turn the brain of,
- To turn the corner,
- To turn the dice,
- To turn the die,
- To turn the edge of,
- To turn the head of,
- To turn the point of,
- To turn the scale,
- To turn the stomach of,
- To turn the tables,
- To turn tippet,
- To turn to account,
- To turn to advantage,
- To turn to flight,
- To turn to profit,
- To turn turtle,
- To turn upon,
- To turn upside down,
- Toll turn,
- Turn bench,
- Turn buckle,
- Turn cap,
- Turn of life,
- Turn screw,
- Turn-out,
- Turning bridge,
- Turning engine,
- Turning lathe,
- Turning pair,
- Turning point,
- kick turn,
- stem turn,
- take turns,
- toss and turn,
- turn a loss,
- turn a profit,
- turn a trick,
- turn around,
- turn aside,
- turn away,
- turn away from,
- turn back,
- turn indicator,
- turn inside out,
- turn of events,
- turn of expression,
- turn of phrase,
- turn of the century,
- turn on a dime,
- turn red,
- turn signal,
- turn tail,
- turn the corner,
- turn the other cheek,
- turn the tables,
- turn the tide,
- turn the trick,
- turn thumbs down,
- turn turtle,
- turn up the heat,
- turn up the pressure,
- turn upside down,
- turn-on,
- turned around,
- turning away,
- Quarter turn belt,
- Re-turn,
- To bring up with a round turn,
- To turn King's evidence,
- To turn Queen's evidence,
- To turn State's evidence,
- To turn a cold shoulder to,
- To turn a hostile army,
- To turn an honest penny,
- To turn one's coat,
- To turn one's goods,
- To turn one's hand to,
- To turn one's money,
- To turn over a new leaf,
- To turn the back on one,
- To turn the back upon,
- To turn the enemy's flank,
- Turn-buckle,
- Turn-outs,
- Turn-sick,
- Turning and boring mill,
- ampere-turn,
- turn a blind eye,
- turn a nice dime,
- turn a nice dollar,
- turn a nice penny,
- turn one's stomach,
- turn over a new leaf,
- u-turn,
- well-turned,
- To bring up any one with a round turn,
- To turn around one's finger,
- three-point turn